Michael Moore Quotes

Semi-automatic weapons have no socially redeeming purpose.

There is no reason for anybody to have an assault weapon.

I support an assault weapons ban, and I'll tell you why. We already have one in California, so I don't support doing anything above what we do in California.

The vast majority of people who have guns never hurt anybody.

I don't think there's any reason on Earth why people should have access to automatic and semiautomatic weapons unless they're in the military or in the police.

Where you have the most armed citizens in America, you have the lowest violent crime rate. Where you have the worst gun control, you have the highest crime rate.

The only people in this country who should have guns are police officers and soldiers

I don't see any need for citizens to own semi-automatic assault rifles, any more than I do nuclear weapons. Those aren't self-defense weapons.

After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it.

The United States homicide rate without guns is higher than most European country’s homicide rates including guns.

You can have a Second Amendment right, but not a Second Amendment right to an AR-15.

Magazine clips with more than 10 rounds should be prohibited from civilian use.

I'm the original co-sponsor of an assault weapons ban.

Military-assault weapons have no place in civilian hands.

I know that there are people out there who believe we should get rid of all guns.

I do not accept that we cannot find a common sense way to preserve our traditions, including our basic second amendment freedoms and the rights of law abiding gun owners, while at the same time reducing the gun violence that unleashes so much mayhem on a regular basis.

Reasonable regulations regarding the ownership of weapons are appropriate.

My belief is that guns are too easy to get in America. My belief is that the NRA has bought much of our congress, to the point that guns are actually the only unregulated consumer product in America. Think about that. It's stunning.

We must get rid of all the guns.

In addition, the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act provides protection for those in the firearms industry from lawsuits arising out of the criminal or unlawful acts of people who misuse their products.

I don't believe gun owners have rights.

The left, liberals, believe that if we just have more gun control laws, all the problems are going to go away. Well, I don't think so. I don't think so. I think - yes, it will, it will be reduced. There's no question about that.

Gun control means control. It means control for the government and the government starts controlling the people.

I do not believe in people owning guns. Guns should be owned only by the police and military. I am going to do everything I can to disarm this state.

Far too often we see attention paid to the firearm and not the criminal.